My problem isn't so much with bunches of projects, but with details of the projects I have and the tantalizing myth of "it'll only take a second."
First of all, it rarely takes "only a second." (And if it really DOES only take a second, then there is time for another one, right??) Secondly, there is never only one of those things at any given moment.
I seem driven by the ghastly possiblity of actually arriving somehwere earlier than necessary and wasting one of those "seconds" that a one of those little tasks would take.
For example, I'll be ready to go somewhere, on time (!), and I think, "I'll just check my email real quick... it'll only take a second." That's when the Internet connection decides to be really slow, or someone sent me a very large "cute" video that takes a long time to download (and then I have to watch it , of course, due to my curiosity), or there is an important email that just can't wait to be answered, etc.
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My problem isn't so much with bunches of projects, but with details of the projects I have and the tantalizing myth of "it'll only take a second."
First of all, it rarely takes "only a second." (And if it really DOES only take a second, then there is time for another one, right??) Secondly, there is never only one of those things at any given moment.
I seem driven by the ghastly possiblity of actually arriving somehwere earlier than necessary and wasting one of those "seconds" that a one of those little tasks would take.
For example, I'll be ready to go somewhere, on time (!), and I think, "I'll just check my email real quick... it'll only take a second." That's when the Internet connection decides to be really slow, or someone sent me a very large "cute" video that takes a long time to download (and then I have to watch it , of course, due to my curiosity), or there is an important email that just can't wait to be answered, etc.
June 16, 2009 - 11:30amThis Comment
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